Prince Charles - Flying Career
Might make King one day then.....
.... so we nearly didn't have King Charles III.
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony."
[With thanks to the wonderfully mad minds of the Monty Python team]
It was very, very close, so we nearly didn't have King Charles III.
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His Mummy [bless her cotton socks] will live to at least 110 so doubt whether we see King Charles/George ever get the chance!
In 1976 I had the pleasure of meeting all three brothers in my office and after they left I was sure none of them had the character/duty their mother has demonstrated for so many years.
IMHO he is a waste of space and he has two sons that could do the top job standing on their heads.
We don't need a selfish old King.
In 1976 I had the pleasure of meeting all three brothers in my office and after they left I was sure none of them had the character/duty their mother has demonstrated for so many years.
IMHO he is a waste of space and he has two sons that could do the top job standing on their heads.
We don't need a selfish old King.
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I found him gentle and genteel, knowledgeable and interested, passionate about his country and the environment, not at all stand-offish, with a common touch and an excellent, rather goonish, sense of humour. Though his Mum is the gold standard of monarchs, when the time comes I think he will do us proud.
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Arrogant, selfish, a misinformed Green stalwart who has an appalling personal life that I find hard to equate with being a Monarch and Supreme Governor of the Church of England.
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When he did his parachuting jumps they cleaned the bottom of the Herc so when he looked up to do his canopy checks he would see a nice clean aircraft........ think I would of had other things on my mind...
I think he will make a dire king, and as for the other 'Arf
I think he will make a dire king, and as for the other 'Arf
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He should have done the decent thing when he married Camilla and renounced his accession to the throne. After all the last thing the monarchy needs is a concubine queen!
With regard to to the 146 incident, was it a downwind landing?
With regard to to the 146 incident, was it a downwind landing?
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The 146, as are many others, is not very tollerant of high, fast appraoches as it will not slow down easily
Granted, not on a steep approach!
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A lucky escape
Speedbird, the way it read at the time, and even today, the aircraft commander had two issues.
A failure to exercise captaincy and a disregard for the safety of all on board.
It takes guts to tell the heir to the throne he's not capable of handling the aircraft, but the alternative is a much greater chance of seeing said guts out in the open very shortly. I thought the difficult decisions are the reasons the gaffers get the big money.
I feel sorry for the Nav. "No Stick - No Vote" should ensure no stick to stir means no stick to get beaten with.
Do we know if the Captain was a QFI? I ask this in connection with a thread running in Private Flying about allowing unqualified people to "have a pole" in aircraft without an Instructor present.
What circumstances / rules allowed HRH to handle the aircraft?
My view is that HRH "bumped" the aircraft, but the captain allowed him to do so.
To get back on topic, who knows what handling skills HRH has nowadays, but the events with the 146 that day suggest that he didn't know when to say he didn't know. What a shame that nobody told him at the time.
A failure to exercise captaincy and a disregard for the safety of all on board.
It takes guts to tell the heir to the throne he's not capable of handling the aircraft, but the alternative is a much greater chance of seeing said guts out in the open very shortly. I thought the difficult decisions are the reasons the gaffers get the big money.
I feel sorry for the Nav. "No Stick - No Vote" should ensure no stick to stir means no stick to get beaten with.
Do we know if the Captain was a QFI? I ask this in connection with a thread running in Private Flying about allowing unqualified people to "have a pole" in aircraft without an Instructor present.
What circumstances / rules allowed HRH to handle the aircraft?
My view is that HRH "bumped" the aircraft, but the captain allowed him to do so.
To get back on topic, who knows what handling skills HRH has nowadays, but the events with the 146 that day suggest that he didn't know when to say he didn't know. What a shame that nobody told him at the time.
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I haven't read the report but I flew with an ex Queen's Flt chap who gave me the same impression. I believe he may have been the investigating officer.
Speedbird48
The 146, thanks to that huge air brake, could go down AND slow down. Another ex RAF chap always told me it will go down "1 in 1" ie 1000 feet per mile.
I haven't read the report but I flew with an ex Queen's Flt chap who gave me the same impression. I believe he may have been the investigating officer.
Speedbird48
The 146, thanks to that huge air brake, could go down AND slow down. Another ex RAF chap always told me it will go down "1 in 1" ie 1000 feet per mile.
The 146, thanks to that huge air brake, could go down AND slow down. Another ex RAF chap always told me it will go down "1 in 1" ie 1000 feet per mile.
